How do you know that.....I think meeting with Solzhenitsyn had a profound impact on Putin.
I did hear about that sometime back...hadn’t read up on what transpired, nor heard anything of Putin’s personal thoughts in the wake. I hope that you are right in your supposition that the meeting had some substantive impact on the man.
Honestly, I cannot imagine spending any appreciable amount of time with Solzhenitsyn and walking away unchanged. A testimony such as he has is inarguable.